Melting my heart

AWARD-winning artist Diamond Dave is a man of few words, so when he almost waxed lyrical about the food at the Melting Pot I knew it had to be good.

It started with the fresh coconut juice ($4.50) and at first sip his face registered pleasant surprise at how refreshingly good it was.

I’d ordered the house-made iced chrysanthemum tea with rock sugar ($3.90), while D’Angerous Dave went all girly, ordering a bandung, a long and leggy hot-pink drink made with rose syrup and condensed milk ($3.50). He was so impressed he ordered a second.

The drinks are a clue to the food, which is as Indonesian as it gets from nasi lemak to gado gado – although the oxtail soup ($14.90) is perhaps an anomaly.